The TC version fails basic reading comprehension. The US subsidiaries of the Telcos in question did not defy NSA/FISA court orders - according to WSJ's reporting, their foreign ownership made it difficult for them to participate due to existing legal restrictions external to the companies themselves. Key WSJ paragraph:
Legal, practical and political obstacles are all possible reasons why the two firms are excluded from the NSA program. But current and former U.S. officials say the likely reasons are tied to their overseas ownership. Government requests for data, through special court orders sanctioned by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, are classified "top secret" and "noforn," spy-talk for "no foreign." That would prohibit some T-Mobile and Verizon owners from being aware of the programs.
I'm suddenly reminded of Apple Ireland, the largest owner of Apple's non-US assets, and how Apple, last of the PRISM 9, was made to testify before Congress for tax avoidance.
This is the real method by which Team Government encourages compliance. It'd be a real shame to see that tax loophole that you rely on closed. Nice company you got there. Would be real upsetting if your new corporate headquarters construction were to be held up waiting for a permit.
what order can apply to non-USA entities? NSA has legal jurisdiction only in USA. The problem is that US is controlling internet infrastructure, thus internet.
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The TC version fails basic reading comprehension. The US subsidiaries of the Telcos in question did not defy NSA/FISA court orders - according to WSJ's reporting, their foreign ownership made it difficult for them to participate due to existing legal restrictions external to the companies themselves. Key WSJ paragraph:
Legal, practical and political obstacles are all possible reasons why the two firms are excluded from the NSA program. But current and former U.S. officials say the likely reasons are tied to their overseas ownership. Government requests for data, through special court orders sanctioned by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, are classified "top secret" and "noforn," spy-talk for "no foreign." That would prohibit some T-Mobile and Verizon owners from being aware of the programs.
It's probably just a coincidence.
Mobsters in worse suits.